I Got a Name | ||||
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Released | December 1, 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Studio | Hit Factory, New York City | |||
Genre | Folk rock | |||
Length | 30:57 | |||
Label | ABC (USA) Vertigo (UK) | |||
Producer | Terry Cashman, Tommy West | |||
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Singles from I Got a Name | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | C+[2] |
Rolling Stone | (favorable)[3] |
I Got a Name is the fifth and final studio album and first posthumous release by American singer-songwriter, Jim Croce, released on December 1, 1973. It features the ballad "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song", which reached number 9 in the US singles chart, and the ballad "Salon and Saloon", the last song Croce recorded in his lifetime. The song, which is noted for its sparse piano-only vocal backing, was written by his guitarist and friend Maury Muehleisen and was included on the album as a gift to the writer.
This would be Croce's final album, as he died in a plane crash on September 20, 1973.
"I Got a Name" was used as the theme for the films The Last American Hero and Invincible. It was a posthumous hit for Croce, reaching number 10 in the US singles chart.
The album reached number 2 on the US charts behind his earlier album You Don't Mess Around with Jim in first place.[4][5]